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 ( 7 ) The Prudent SHEPHERDESS. As I went to the wake that is held on the green,

I met with young Phebe as blythe as a queen,

A form ſo divine might an anchorite move,

And I found though a clown, I was ſmitten with love.

So I aſked for a kiſs but the bluſhing replied,

Indeed gentle ſhepherd you must be denied.

Muſt be denied, indeed gentle ſhepherd, &c.

Lovely Phebe, I cry'd, don't effect to be ſhy,

I vow I will kiſs you-here's no body by :

No matter for that, ſhe replied it's the fame,

For know ſilly ſhepherd, I value my fame,

So pray let me go, I ſhall ſurely be miſs'd,

Beſides I'm reſolved that i will not be kiſs'd.

Lord bleſs me, I cry'd, I'm ſurpriz'd you refuſc,

A few harmleſs kiſſes that ſerve to amuſe,

The Month it is May, and the ſeaſon for love,

So come my dear girl, to the wake let us rove,

No Damon, ſhe cry'd, I muſt firſt be your wife,

You then ſhall be welcome to kiſs me for life,

Well, come then, I cry'd, to the church let us go,

But after dear Phebe muſt never ſay no,

DO you but prove kind, and at length you ſhall find,

I'll ever be conſtant, good humour'd and kind,

So I kiſs when I pleaſe, for the ne'er ſays ſhe won't;

And I kiſs her ſo much that I wonder he don't.

A New LOVE SONG. My Jemmy is croſſed quite over the main.

And I fear I ne'er ſhall behold him again,

Ye powers above grant me but my charmer,

And ſend my dear Jemny ſafe into my arms.

Ye pretty little warblers that ing in the grove,

Convey me this letter to the arms of my love,

To eaſe my fond heart with ſorrows I'm croſt,

I'm weary of roving, and can take no reſt,